Cell handset shipments in India recorded a 25 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline within the first quarter (Q1) of 2019 whereas function cellphone shipments noticed a noticeable decline of round 49 per cent and smartphones recorded a 10 per cent progress, a brand new report mentioned on Thursday.
In keeping with CyberMedia Analysis (CMR), 4G contributed to 66 per cent cell handset shipments whereas 2G accounted for 34 per cent. Chinese language handset manufacturers continued to dominate the cell handset leaderboard whereas the market share of Indian manufacturers dipped to 30 per cent throughout Q1 2019.
“The general market decline was on anticipated traces for Q1 2019. The above trade common inventory build-up ultimately of the earlier quarter resulted in decrease shipments. Additionally, the latest change in e-commerce guidelines in India impacted the net dependent gamers,” Narinder Kumar, Lead Analyst-Business Intelligence Group, CMR, mentioned in a press release.
Throughout Q1 2019, Samsung topped the general cell handset leaderboard with a 22 per cent market share, adopted by Xiaomi with 16 per cent and LYF at 13 per cent. “It’s fascinating to notice that shipments of the highest 5 smartphone gamers accounted for 83 per cent of complete smartphone shipments in Q1 2019. The hyper-competitive nature of the smartphone market noticed intense competitors, leading to sequential decline by 10-12 per cent for each Xiaomi and Samsung shipments,” mentioned Prabhu Ram, Head-Business Intelligence Group, CMR.
The Indian smartphone market noticed the inexpensive smartphone phase (Rs 7,000- Rs 25,000) rising by 75 per cent whereas the worth for cash phase (lower than Rs 7,000) skilled a 22 per cent progress. The premium phase (Rs 25,001- Rs 50,000) grew at a flat 2.four per cent YoY.
